Rail-joint.



W. KOLLING & A. FISCHER.

BAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.1908

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

. skilled labor.

v the county of Allegheny and State of Penniul Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which bach side of the web 2, while a portion of said head remains to provide two 0 positel disa-transverse groove 16 and a longitudinal IiILLIAM KOLLING AND AllDR-l'lii FISCHER, OF PlTTSBUltG, lPlEYblSYLVANIA.

ants-sorter;

No. erases.

Application filed August 28,

To (1E whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, WELLIAM lioLLrn'G and ANnREwliIsonER, citizens of the United States of America, residing'at Pittsburg, in

sylvania, have invented certain new and usethe following is a specification, reference being had therein 'to the accompanying drawmg.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of our invention are, first, to provide simple and effective means for connecting the confronting ends of two rails; second, to obviate the necessity of using splice bars, nuts and bolts for securing t e ends of two rails together; third, to provide a strong and durable rail joint that will revent vertical displacement of one rail with relation to the arhoining rail; andiiourth, to provide a connection ror rails that can be made by un- We attain the above objects by a structure that will be presently described and, then s e cifically pointed out inthe appended 0 aims.

Referring to'the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of our rail joint, Fig. 2 is a similar view partly broken awayand partly in. section, Fig. 3 is-a side elevation of the tongued rail of our joint, Fig. 4 is an grid view of the sarhe, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the grooved rafl of-our joint, and Fig. 6 is an end'view of the same,

One' of the rails of our joint has the base 1 and web 2 thereof cut-away, as at 3, and the overhanging web portion 4 beveled upon one ide, as at 5. A head 6 of the steam railway 1s cut-away to provide two recesses 7 upon posed lugs 8 upon the sides of t in web ortion 4. i

heel; or rail of our joint has the base-9 and the web 10 thereof cut away, as at 11 and 12, providing a small web portion 13, which is beveled upon one side, as at '14. The head 15 of the same rail is provided with e over ang-' groove 17, the material at one side of the groove 17 being beveled, as at 18.

The manner of assembling the rails is as Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 190s.

1908. Serial No. 450,?39.

follows: The tongued rail is turned at an angle with relation to the grooved rail, whereby one o'r' the beveled lugs 8 of the tongued rail will rest upon the beveled web portion 13 of the grooved rail, and with the eveled edges 18 of the grooved rail engaging the edges of one of recesses 7 of the tongued rail, said tongued rail is gradually moved upwardly and into alineinent with the grooved rail, whereby the oppositely disposed beveled tongues will engage in the recesses 7, the web 2 in the longitudinal groove 17, and the beveled web portion 13 engaging the overhanging web portion 4. When the rails are assembled in this manner, a continuous tread is provided for rollingstook, and after the rails are spiked to the ties. or supporting structures, it will be impossible forone rail to become laterally or vertically displaced with relation, to the adjoining rail.

While in the drawings forming a art of this application there is-illustrated t e preferred embodiments of our invention, it is obvious that the same can be varied or changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described our invention what we claim as new, is

1. In a rail joint, the combination of rails, one of said rails having the base and web thereof cut-away to provide an overhanging web portion having a beveled edge, oppositely disposed beveled lugs carried by said overhanging web portion, the head of said rail belng cut-away to provide recesses at the sides of the web of said rail, the other of said.

rails havingthebase and web thereof cutaway to provide a beveled web portion, the,

head of said rail being out-away to provide a transverse groove and a longitudinal. groove, said transverse groove being adapted to receive the beveled lugs of the first mentioned rail, said longitudinal groove being adapted to receive the web of the first mentioned rail, with the overhanging web portion of said first mentioned rail engaging the beveled web portion of the last mentioned rail. I a i 2. In a rail joint, the combination of reds,

one of said rails. having'the base, web and head thereof cut-away to provide a tongue, oppositely disposed lugs carried by said tongue, the other of said rails having the In testimonj whereof We our signabase, web and headthereof cut-away to r'otures the presence of two Witnesses.

vide atransverse groove and a longitu mal 1 WILLIAM KOLLING. groove, said longitudinal groove being adapt- ANDREW FISCHER.-

5 edto' receive the tongue of the first mentioned Witnesses:

rail, and said transverse groove the lugs of MAX H. SRoLovITz,

said tongue, substantially as described. K. H. BUTLER. 

